For today's news roundup, MMA Fighter Ronda Rousey talks about her love for Warcraft, is now account-wide, and we have an assortment of blue posts including a fix to the Chosen Dead transmog gear and details on Enhancement Shaman and Marksmanship Hunters in 7.1.5.

Ronda Rousey on Conan

MMA Fighter Rounda Rousey discussed her love for Warcraft on Conan; she's also known for being a long-time Pokemon fan.

In this clip, we learned that she became friends with Vin Diesel through playing World of Warcraft while filming Fast and Furious 7; he had a Druid and she initially started off as a Night Elf Hunter before swapping to a Blood Elf Rogue. You can see her logging on to play WoW at the start of this UFC clip from earlier in the year.

That's actually how me and Vin Diesel became friends; I was on Fast 7 and his sister found out I played World of Warcraft...so every night after filming, we would go over to his place, and set up computers on opposite sides of the room, and be like 'ok! we're going to go to this dungeon.'

Now Account-Wide

On Tuesday, the 8th archaeology quest went live; players that have regularly completed the archaeology quests were awarded and a new artifact tint. However, this achievement was not account-wide, so alts could not use the unlocked artifact tint. This was a bit of a problem because there's not much of a reason to do the archaeology quests on multiple characters for account-wide toys and mounts.

Fortunately, many users have left comments that is now account-wide credit! If you have the achievement on your main, and your alt has completed the Class Hall Campaign, your alt can use this artifact weapon tint.

Does your main have complete but can't use the artifact tint? Make sure they have completed .

To preview all of the Archaeology tints, check out the Appearance tab on the Artifact Calculator.

Blue Posts

Many blue posts were made yesterday about the 7.1.5 PTR, which we covered in our datamining post. Here are some other recent ones that were unrelated to datamining.

Blizzard

bump because i have this set and it really bothers me too. it doesnt look as intended at all. the boots are disgusting and gloves being brown on a blue set just doesnt look right. please fix this blizz. We know you guys know about it, some confirmation would be nice.

Please check this in the latest build, I am pretty sure it is fixed.

Windwalker Monks received some clarifications for 7.1.5:

Ornyx

Hey all,

Just to reiterate here (saw it brought up in the Live Q&A chat today), but we are aware of feedback regarding both and on the 7.1.5 PTR.

I don't have anything specific for this moment, but know that we've passed along notes on both of these skills to the development team. We will update you once we have more to share.Thank you for a response - any response.

Please, though, don't let this be like what happened on the 7.1 ptr and the Demon Hunters, where we got this exact sort of message, and then silence. Last time, when that happened, I rerolled to monk. I'm so anxious it will happen yet again.

Not necessarily our goal, and I'm not saying we have any changes planned for these two skills within 7.1.5's PTR cycle (I am not sure what's on the plate there for further Monk changes), but I would like to at least work to get something shared on this, whether its a bit of philosophy or otherwise.

We have had some communication shortcomings over the past while, but we are trying something a bit new with our internal processes which should benefit us all in the long-term. :)He also mentioned that they will be taking a look at , just as a note!

Edit: Here's a link to the portion of the Q&A where Ion and Josh talked about and .

Sigma

is intended as a talent choice that creates some gaps in your rotation, by replacing your no-cooldown resource builder with something that’s overall stronger, but has charges. In 7.1, the recharge time isn’t long enough for those gaps to ever actually happen, especially with the most popular Enhancement talent build adding several more active abilities to your rotation. Its power level was also simply too high, and in this case, we’d rather let this talent have its intended effect on the pace of your rotation and buff the spec as a whole to compensate.

Our intent is that if you want to use an ability every GCD, you should choose one of the other options in that row. should result in an overall more methodical pace that is more about having a little time to plan upcoming abilities. When is the hands-down best option in that row, that doesn’t feel like much of a choice, and as we continue tuning for 7.1.5, we hope to address this by bringing it in line with the others.While I can appreciate that there was an original design intent behind Boulderfist, the spec as it currently exists on Live is as enjoyable to play as it's ever been since I rolled my Shaman back in BC.

We've heard it reiterated over and over (and over) again by the developers that if something about a spec felt too mandatory, it would just get rolled into the spec. I play this spec as my main because it is fun; if I cared strictly about maximum overall damage output, I'd focus on my Rogue instead. Changing a mechanic like this runs counter to the design philosophy that's been so oft repeated.

Thanks for all the feedback; this has been a consistent theme throughout the thread and elsewhere. And we don't want to disrupt the familiar playstyle of 7.1 Enhancement, if in fact the specific pacing of 's recharge time is a major part of what makes it work so well. We will still have to address the power level in some way without diluting the feel that's been discussed here. We are currently planning the following for PTR (uncertain on timing):-- recharge time back to 6 seconds-- no longer gives a bonus to critical strike-- generates 20 Maelstrom (from 15)

Sigma

This is further exacerbated in 7.1.5. no longer provides an increased Focus pool, and generates only 35 Focus. With that in mind, and considering the passive Focus generation of 15 per GCD, Hunters are required to maintain 21.5% Haste in order to generate enough Focus to fire 3 s during Vulnerable. Firing a 3rd during Vulnerable, especially with the new design, is a huge DPS increase. 21.5% Haste will essentially be required for MM. This is a hard breakpoint, and should be eliminated before 7.1.5 goes live.

There's a lot to discuss here--some we agree with and some we don't--but I want to swing by at least on this specific observation. We agree we don't want a major breakpoint between 2 and 3 s after a (at least, not at a middling amount like 21% haste that will affect gear choice throughout the expansion). We're not decided on a fix yet; in particular, whether the standard amount should be two s after a , or three (if two, it would still be okay to have three during Bloodlust and similar situations). The ability would be tuned around whichever option. Two has some advantages like concentrating the Vulnerable burst more, requiring standing still for less time to fully utilize it, and potentially having enough leeway for an instant before one of the s.

Commenti

Commento di Niixten

on 2016-12-08T12:18:41-06:00

Same goes for balance of power, that should be account wide also

Commento di Ovahealz

on 2016-12-08T12:24:14-06:00

I love my draenei druid, i play with my blood elf rogue friend all the time... I wish famous people didn't lie. Anyone who's played WoW for 2 seconds know's that alliance and horde can't play together, and that draenei's can't be druids..

I can tell you didn't watch the whole video. She clearly says "I don't think draenei can be druids, he had a druid of some kind" and "then I rerolled blood elf rogue TO PLAY WITH HIM".

Assuming is bad.

Commento di sgtevmckay

on 2016-12-08T12:35:38-06:00

Dranei Druid?......I have never seen one of these intact before

Commento di Frazley

on 2016-12-08T12:39:01-06:00

I'm liking that Blizzard is starting to make things more account-wide!

Commento di Webminky

on 2016-12-08T12:44:32-06:00

k did you have German translators in your ears? She said I think he had a Dranei druid or something, I don't think Dranei can be druid.

She then rolled a blood elf rogue, she didn't say if she kept playing with him, if he rolled a Horde, honestly people. "I wish famous people didn't lie." Don't be so dramatic.

Commento di DemosthenesHPW

on 2016-12-08T15:02:59-06:00

Oh my god, my thread saved Enhancement Shamans and Boulderfist. O_o

Commento di Pathstrider

on 2016-12-08T15:29:18-06:00

Please make the 70 exalteds account wide. Got to 67 on my fire mage during WoD but I hated it in Legion. Now I'm enjoying my BM hunter but only just got the 10 exalteds on it.

Commento di Nihilatos

on 2016-12-08T15:41:23-06:00

I really really hope they make it account bound; it's such a pain to do on character let along multiple

Commento di xgevangelist

on 2016-12-08T15:58:43-06:00

I love my draenei druid, i play with my blood elf rogue friend all the time... I wish famous people didn't lie. Anyone who's played WoW for 2 seconds know's that alliance and horde can't play together, and that draenei's can't be druids..

I can tell you didn't watch the whole video. She clearly says "I don't think draenei can be druids, he had a druid of some kind" and "then I rerolled blood elf rogue TO PLAY WITH HIM".

Assuming is bad.

k did you have German translators in your ears? She said I think he had a Dranei druid or something, I don't think Dranei can be druid.

She then rolled a blood elf rogue, she didn't say if she kept playing with him, if he rolled a Horde, honestly people. "I wish famous people didn't lie." Don't be so dramatic.

Thank you, I was going to point out that this commentators comprehension was garbage as well but you guys beat me to it.

Commento di KenjiT28

on 2016-12-08T16:23:49-06:00

I love my draenei druid, i play with my blood elf rogue friend all the time... I wish famous people didn't lie. Anyone who's played WoW for 2 seconds know's that alliance and horde can't play together, and that draenei's can't be druids..

You actually can play together on opposing factions tagging will be different but I have been on Horde while others in Mumble were Alliance.I've also helped Horde guildies while on Ally toons.

Commento di BReal85

on 2016-12-08T16:42:09-06:00

Those who say she exactly said draenei druid... just watch 2-3 more seconds of that part...

Commento di vikn

on 2016-12-08T16:48:56-06:00

Transcription: "I think he had like draenei like druid or something like that, I don't think they can be druids actually. But he had some kind of druid."

Also she doesn't specifically state she rolled blood elf in order to play with him. He just recommended her the rouge class.

So, he big question is: What does he play?

Draenei + some kind of druid = draenei shaman (Druids and shamans could possibly be confused?)

or

Other race + druid = unknown race, druid.

or

She mixed up two of his characters.

Commento di Joshmaul

on 2016-12-08T17:12:08-06:00

Draenei druid confirmed? They have tigers, stags, and moonkin on Azuremyst Isle, their flying form can be a moth...

Seriously, however, maybe it's a tauren druid, at least it would still have hooves. Or a troll, they're blue. :D

Commento di QcRoman

on 2016-12-08T17:38:21-06:00

Could be Tauren.

I remember a clip from Mr. Diesel's facebook reportedly of him and Paul Walker going across the desert of Tanaris together which had struck me because a Tauren was riding a ram in it.

Commento di syeonia

So will Glory of the Legion Hero artifact appearance color become account wide as well? One can only hope!

Commento di Soeroah

on 2016-12-08T19:52:12-06:00

So will Glory of the Legion Hero artifact appearance color become account wide as well? One can only hope!

That one was always account-wide, given the requirements. However, accessing that appearance requires doing the Balance of Power questline on every character... So it's ony of my biggest hopes for Legion that they make that one account-wide, too.

Can anyone confirm this; I'm worried they hotfixed and broke the ability to instantly complete a world quest through Hall Advancement and get extra resources from Champions with equipment boosting resource yield from World Quests. Every other time it's worked, but today I noticed I got the same amount of resources as was listed in the World Quest reward window. I went out and manually completed some WQs and received the extra resources, as expected.

Commento di vynn96

on 2016-12-08T20:20:31-06:00

Same should apply to the world bosses achievement, and it shouldn't require the balance of power questline. But oh well.

Commento di DaylarFarshot

on 2016-12-08T21:00:40-06:00

Back in the day Shamans were only Taurens...

Commento di Stormwander

on 2016-12-08T23:13:55-06:00

It certainly looks like Vin is playing a tauren druid, so I'm guessing that Rhonda mistook a tauren for a draenei. Big and hooves. She must be fairly new if she doesn't know what races and classes are feasible or what races are Horde vs Alliance. It's adorable :) I hope she keeps playing and having fun.

Commento di Pierre91

on 2016-12-08T23:24:02-06:00

I will grind rep... I will grind gold.... I will grind achievements..... But please make the special currencies account bound.... Darkmoon tickets, Argent Tourney tickets... Curious coins..... Please please please.